Today's Mighty Oak


Just a couple things right now, first up, a trailer has been released for the next Lego Harry Potter game:

Coming out of Ohio: Amish on Amish violence: cutting beards!  Good gravy.

I’m not a huge political movie fan, but this poster looks just awesome:

 

Need help finding a Sci-Fi or Fantasy book?  Answer a few questions and NPR has you covered here.

That’s it for now, happy Homecoming SVC (thinking back, they’ve had awesome weather every year, which is amazing!)!



Nike comes through with another awesome ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9B5fkWjnDI

Want to have the Dr. Horrible remote control on your phone?  Just use this bookmark.

Oh, American’s aren’t so smart about our own country.  But I think we knew that.

Copyranter discusses an anti-war ad, but really, I think it does better promoting the need for a better VA:

 

High school students in Boston were working to get rid of their abstinence-only sex education, because they were fed up with not knowing anything…and having to learn everything from porn.  Awesome, and sad, story.

This is pretty awesome, Super Mario Bros. 1-1, in first person perspective:

And super awesome, on Ash Wednesday, if you can’t make it to church, just grab this QR code instead.  I love augmented reality!

 



Hello everybody, another update for you!

Check out this really cool interactive billboard from McDonalds, pretty awesome.

Here’s an incredible little story.  Father and son at the first and last shuttle launches:

 

I think we all knew this was coming, and honestly, I think it may even make reruns more relevant, and fun to watch to spot them, but now there are new ads inserted into old sitcoms.

Your daily dose of politics from me:

 Okay, one more link for you.

Worried about what will happen to your online life after you die?  Here’s the Dead’s Man Switch and a way to help plan your funeral.

I missed this the first time around, but part of the big news is that Scissor Sisters are doing some of the soundtrack for the New Fraggle Rock movie.  The other is, how did I miss there is going to be a Fraggle Rock movie?!

If only this shirt was still true:

 

Oh yes, how very true:

 



So I wanted to share it with you:



This story is for all who love Randall, and if you haven’t, make sure you check out his horoscope hotline, a bunch of us call it every morning at work.  And by the way, Honeybadger doesn’t give a shit, just in case you forgot.

Remember the shooting spree at the summer camp in Europe?  Check out this string of text messages between a girl on the island and her mom.  Touching and amazing.

It’s a little late at this point, but here’s the Border’s closing bingo!

BuzzFeed has a collection of Harry Potter Tributes, (and  a list of HP inspired drinks) check them out, here’s a favorite:

 

Awesome hidden library hack for those with lofts.

Myths Retold is pretty awesome, although each one is long, so I sadly don’t read it as much as I should.  But here is one of my favorites, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Here’s a cool time-lapse of the front page of the New York Time’s webpage through the years:

Nook Books do this, but check out this cool trailer for a children’s book.

And winner of irony goes to this story.  I haven’t done much on Google+ because not many of my friends are on it yet, but this just makes me want to hug everyone at Google.

 



First up, this came out a while ago, and it’s in French, but it’s Mika’s new single:

Gizmodo reports on an awesome free t-shirt which was given out to German white supremacists, which, when washed, revealed a message of equality.  We had shirts over the summer that when they got wet the ink would disappear.  Close, but not quite.

Unplggd has a cool article about integrating your TV into your decor.  Check it out.  Or check out their article about clocks.  There are a lot of cool clocks out there.

Remember when the Pirates were doing awesome, and then we were the victim of a horrible call which sent us into a ten game losing spiral?  Well, Benstonium put together this video:

Big Think puts the odds that we’re all just Sims in some kind of giant computer program at 20%.  Does it still count if we discuss that possibility?  I’m getting confused.

I actually don’t like this that much, it seems impractical, but you can buy bookshelves to spell anything.

Back before the split, Jason Alexander was trying to get humanitarian aid for those affected by the Netflix price hike.

A good friend is a huge Michael Buble fan, and I found this awesome bad lip reading of his video for “Just Haven’t Met You Yet,” which becomes “Russian Unicorn:”

I was always kind of interested in this case, and it seems as though the code of the Zodiac Killer may have been cracked.

Awesome list of insane job titles, and points for the Arrested Development reference at the end, here’s a great one as well:

 

It takes a little bit of moving around to see it all, but should I work for free?  Check out this flow chart to find out.

I just want people to watch this:

And finally, need some propaganda for social networks, check out the posters here.

 



Honestly, I have no idea what’s going on here, but I approve:

 

Unplggd has a cool article about using office supplies at home.  I really like the file folder holder for pans and cutting boards.

Copyranter checks in with an awesome art installation project in Japan showing the number of discarded plastic bags.

And finally, game companies *cough SONY cough* have added to the EULA that you can no longer be part of a class-action lawsuit.  Unless you send them a letter opting out of that part.  Here’s a website that will do the grunt work for you, pass the word.



Another big update for everyone, hope you enjoy:

Following on the heels of my previous toaster update, check this out:

 

Think of all the money you could make on eBay!

I’m not a fan of Santorum, as it turns out, no one really is.  But even so, there are enough free fonts out there, you don’t need to steal any, Rick.

Unplggd has an awesome, if impractical, way to use old ethernet cords, take a look:

 

Remember when Florida passed the law requiring those getting aid to pass a drug test?  At a cost charged to those getting aid?  Well as it turns out, only 2% tested positive.  Compared to the entire population of Florida, which has a drug-use rate of over 8%.

I have no idea when Girl Scout Cookie time is, but here you go, the sales of the cookies, by variety:

 

Popular Mechanics has an awesome article showing three different ways to store your extension cords without them getting tangled.  If you have some time some weekend, it could be a fun project!

I don’t follow Dinosaur news that closely, however, I have to agree, this has been my favorite dinosaur for as long as I can remember:

Check out these awesome wedding pictures, make sure to scroll all the way down for the whole story.

I can’t add much more to this sign:

 

Or this one:

 

If you haven’t seen it, make sure to check out BuzzFeed’s gallery of the destruction wrought by the East Coast earthquake.  I like number 18 the best.

Here’s the trailer for the book of the blueprints of the Star Wars universe:

And finally, I want to head to Sherwood’s in Fayette County, looks awesome!



In case you missed it, Arrested Development is coming back for a fourth season before the movie (provided, it all gets a distribution deal and whatnot, I’m still cautiously optimistic).  After they announced the news, the cast did the chicken dance:



BuzzFeed has 20 awesome pictures of the 9/11 tribute, here’s my favorite:

 

And not to be outdone, The Onion has a piece of brilliance.

The End is a pretty cool game that faces you with ethical dilemmas, (although, sadly, only black and white answers), and then compares your answers to famous people throughout history.  I’ve played a few rounds, I’ll get back in at some point and play some more.

Check out these awesome Roomba covers, to make your home robots look like characters from Super Mario Bros!

And lastly, enjoy this awesome collection of badly-placed stickers:

 

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